All Outputs (19)

Subjective aging: factors influencing individuals' perspectives. (2022)
Journal Article
KYDD, A. and REES, M. 2023. Subjective aging: factors influencing individuals' perspectives. International psychogeriatrics [online], 35(10): aging and well-being, pages 541-544. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610222001144

The subjective experiences of old age or any event or experience occurring in an individual's life can be researched through both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Asking participants how they maintain self-presentation of themselves as the... Read More about Subjective aging: factors influencing individuals' perspectives..

A new training approach for vaccinators: cascade plus training. (2022)
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ÖZTEK, Z. and KYDD, A. 2022. A new training approach for vaccinators: cascade plus training. Turkish journal of public health [online], 20(1), pages 164-176. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.1017386

Effective training of staff plays a major role in reaching and sustaining immunization goals. Training and updating health staff is the responsibility of all governments and immunization related organizations. The critical issue is finding the most e... Read More about A new training approach for vaccinators: cascade plus training..

The essential menopause curriculum for healthcare professionals: a European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) position statement. (2022)
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REES, M., ABERNETHY, K., BACHMANN, G. et al. 2022. The essential menopause curriculum for healthcare professionals: a European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) position statement. Maturitas [online], 158, pages 70-77. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.12.001

The menopause, or the cessation of menstruation, is a stage of the life cycle which will occur in all women. Managing perimenopausal and postmenopausal health is a key issue for all areas of healthcare, not just gynecology. To provide recommendations... Read More about The essential menopause curriculum for healthcare professionals: a European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) position statement..

Menopause and personal protective equipment: how does this meet acceptable working conditions? (2021)
Journal Article
KYDD, A. 2021. Menopause and personal protective equipment: how does this meet acceptable working conditions? Case reports in women's health [online], 32, article e00356. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2021.e00356

Menopause and the workplace has finally become a trending topic. Specific societies, agencies, charities and trade unions, such as the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS), the British Menopause Society (BMS), the Chartered Institute for... Read More about Menopause and personal protective equipment: how does this meet acceptable working conditions?.

A practical guide to the systematic application of nominal group technique. (2021)
Journal Article
MULLEN, R., KYDD, A., FLEMING, A. and MCMILLAN, L. 2021. A practical guide to the systematic application of nominal group technique. Nurse researcher [online], 29(1), pages 14-20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2021.e1777

Background: Nominal group technique (NGT) is a highly structured, commonly used way of exploring areas of interest and developing consensus. However, it is sometimes conflated with focus group methods. Aim: To provide a rationale for selecting NGT as... Read More about A practical guide to the systematic application of nominal group technique..

Exploring terms used for the oldest old in the gerontological literature. (2020)
Journal Article
KYDD, A., FLEMING, A., PAOLETTI, I. and HVALIČ-TOUZERY, S. 2020. Exploring the terms used for the oldest old in the gerontological literature. Journal of aging and social change [online], 10(2), pages 53-73. Available from: https://doi.org/10.18848/2576-5310/CGP/v10i02/53-73

In response to the global increasing age of the population, there is general agreement on the need to define what is meant by 'old.' Yet there is no consensus on age groups within the definition of old, which makes comparative studies of people of di... Read More about Exploring terms used for the oldest old in the gerontological literature..

Access to learning opportunities for residents in care homes: reviewing the challenges and possibilities. (2020)
Journal Article
KYDD, A. and FULFORD, H. 2020. Access to learning opportunities for residents in care homes: reviewing the challenges and possibilities. Maturitas [online], 140, pages 14-23. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2020.05.019

International, national and regional policy documents and key reports espouse the benefits of lifelong learning and people's rights to it, yet little attention has been given to the learning needs of frail older people in nursing (care) homes. People... Read More about Access to learning opportunities for residents in care homes: reviewing the challenges and possibilities..

Instruments for assessing nurses´ palliative care knowledge and skills in specialised care setting: an integrative review. (2020)
Journal Article
SOIKKELI-JALONEN, A., STOLT, M., HUPLI, M., LEMETTI, T., KENNEDY, C., KYDD, A. and HAAVISTO, E. 2020. Instruments for assessing nurses´ palliative care knowledge and skills in specialised care setting: an integrative review. Journal of clinical nursing [online], 29(5-6), pages 736-757. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15146

Aims and objectives: To examine the content and reported psychometric properties of instruments for assessing nurses´ palliative care knowledge and skills in specialised healthcare units. Background: Knowledge of palliative care, and competence in th... Read More about Instruments for assessing nurses´ palliative care knowledge and skills in specialised care setting: an integrative review..

Migrants' healthcare experience: a meta-ethnography review of the literature. (2018)
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LUIKING, M.-L., HECKEMANN, B., ALI, P., DEKKER-VAN DOORN, C., GHOSH, S., KYDD, A., WATSON, R. and PATEL, H. 2019. Migrants' healthcare experience: a meta-ethnography review of the literature. Journal of nursing scholarship [online], 51(1), pages 58-67. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12442

Purpose: Worldwide, more than 214 million people have left their country of origin. This unprecedented mass migration impacts on healthcare in host countries. This paper explores and synthesizes literature on the healthcare experiences of migrants. D... Read More about Migrants' healthcare experience: a meta-ethnography review of the literature..

What makes a nursing home homely? A Scottish based study, using Q methodology of the perceptions of staff, residents and significant others. (2018)
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FLEMING, A. and KYDD, A. 2018. What makes a nursing home homely? A Scottish based study, using Q methodology of the perceptions of staff, residents and significant others. Journal of research in nursing [online], 23(2-3), pages 141-158. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987118757837

Background: A 'homely' nursing or care home is of international interest and comes from a wide variety of academic disciplines and from policy makers and charities. However, 'homeliness' is a dynamic and complex concept and one worthy of further inve... Read More about What makes a nursing home homely? A Scottish based study, using Q methodology of the perceptions of staff, residents and significant others..

An inquiry into what organised difficult advance care planning conversations in a Scottish residential care home using institutional ethnography. (2018)
Journal Article
REID, L., KYDD, A. and SLATER, B. 2018. An inquiry into what organised difficult advance care planning conversations in a Scottish residential care home using institutional ethnography. Journal of research in nursing [online], 23(2-3), pages 220-236. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987118756

Aim: This paper provides an institutional ethnographic analysis of how advance care planning discussions, which included advance decisions about serious illness, hospital admission and Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) forms, were... Read More about An inquiry into what organised difficult advance care planning conversations in a Scottish residential care home using institutional ethnography..

Living with an indwelling urethral catheter in a community setting: exploring triggers for unscheduled community nurse "out-of-hours" visits. (2018)
Journal Article
MACKAY, W.G., MACINTOSH, T., KYDD, A., FLEMING, A., O'KANE, C., SHEPHERD, A., HAGEN, S., WILLIAMS, C., MUNDIE, J., RUSSELL, C., RODGERS, F., MACLACHLAN, M., GALBRAITH, R., RANKIN, J. and MCIVER, V. 2018. Living with an indwelling urethral catheter in a community setting: exploring triggers for unscheduled community nurse "out‐of‐hours" visits. Journal of clinical nursing [online], 27(3-4), pages 866–875. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14117

Aims and Objective: To explore the experiences of community patients living with a urethral catheter and those caring for them. Background: Living at home with an indwelling urethral catheter often results in consequences that create a double-edged b... Read More about Living with an indwelling urethral catheter in a community setting: exploring triggers for unscheduled community nurse "out-of-hours" visits..

Dignity in nursing care: what does it mean to nursing students? (2017)
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MULLEN, R.F., KYDD, A., FLEMING, A. and MCMILLAN, L. 2019. Dignity in nursing care: what does it mean to nursing students? Nursing ethics [online], 26(2), pages 390-404. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733017720825

Background: Despite growing interest in the potential of nursing education to enhance dignity in nursing care, relatively little is known about what dignity means to nursing students. Research question: What meaning does dignity in nursing care have... Read More about Dignity in nursing care: what does it mean to nursing students?.

Care homes: the developing ideology of a homelike place to live. (2017)
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FLEMING, A., KYDD, A. and STEWART, S. 2017. Care homes: the developing ideology of a homelike place to live. Maturitas [online], 99, pages 92-97. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.02.013

This paper reports on part of a doctoral study which explored stakeholder perceptions of the importance of a homelike environment in a care home and which factors contributed to this. The changes in institutional care for older people have evolved fr... Read More about Care homes: the developing ideology of a homelike place to live..

Getting care of older people right: The need for appropriate frailty assessment? (2017)
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SMITH, G.D. and KYDD, K. 2017. Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment? International journal of older people nursing [online], 12(1), e12141. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12141

Globally, health and social care is facing extraordinary challenges due to changing patterns of disease, changing expectations of patients, financial restrictions and an ever-increasing ageing population. It is estimated that globally, the number of... Read More about Getting care of older people right: The need for appropriate frailty assessment?.

Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment? (2016)
Journal Article
SMITH, G.D. and KYDD, A. 2017. Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment? Journal of clinical nursing [online], 26(1-2), pages 5-6. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13618

Globally, health and social care is facing extraordinary challenges due to changing patterns of disease, changing expectations of patients, financial restrictions and an ever-increasing ageing population. It is estimated that globally, the number of... Read More about Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment?.

Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment? (2016)
Journal Article
SMITH, G.D. and KYDD, A. 2017. Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment? Journal of advanced nursing [online], 73(1), pages 3-4. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13190

Globally, health and social care is facing extraordinary challenges due to changing patterns of disease, changing expectations of patients, financial restrictions and an ever-increasing ageing population. It is estimated that globally, the number of... Read More about Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment?.

What doctors need to know: prescribing or not for the oldest old. (2016)
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KYDD, A. and FLEMING, A. 2016. What doctors need to know: prescribing or not for the oldest old. Maturitas [online], 90, pages 9-16. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.05.003

Given the global increase in the number of people over the age of 85, there is a growing body of work concerning this group, termed the oldest old. Much of this work is confined to the literature specialising in geriatrics and the more generic health... Read More about What doctors need to know: prescribing or not for the oldest old..

Attitudes of nurses and student nurses towards working with older people and to gerontological nursing as a career in Germany, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan and the United States. (2014)
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KYDD, A., ENGSTRÖM, G., TOUHY, T.A., NEWMAN, D., SKELA-SAVIČ, B., HVALIČ-TOUZERY, S., ZURC, J., GALATSCH, M., ITO, M. and FAGERBERG, I. 2014. Attitudes of nurses and student nurses towards working with older people and to gerontological nursing as a career in Germany, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan and the United States. International journal of nursing education, 6(2), pages 177-185.

The aim of this study was to describe attitudes towards caring for older people among nurses and student nurses in six participating countries. Working with older people has historically had a negative profile and, with a global rise in the numbers o... Read More about Attitudes of nurses and student nurses towards working with older people and to gerontological nursing as a career in Germany, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan and the United States..